Almost every evening, my friend, who lives six miles away, and I talk on our CB base stations. We both have President McKinley SSB/AM radios. When the skip is rolling, during certain weather conditions, we can listen to other stations from hundreds of miles away. His antenna is 45 feet in height, while my antenna is 54 feet in height. Antenna height is what made the difference between sketchy communications between our base stations and clear communication. We have talked to other CB base stations that are thirty miles away. Our CB radios are powered by 12 volt battereis, kept charged by trickle chargers plugged into the wall outlet. They work even when the power is out. It's a fun way for two old friends to talk during the late evenings.
I have a Galaxy base station dx2547 hooked up to an antron 99 antennas 30-foot up, rg 213 coax I can listen to the east coast I live in Oregon good 3,000-mile receiving and I can talk barefoot to Central Texas no problem.
FRS, GMRS, CB, Marine, Ham and CB all valuable mode of gaining info during a situation. I can pick up conversations on my President McKinley CB on SSB a few hundred miles out on a regular basis.
My favorite two-way radios are the Yaesu 2 meter dual-band (VHF / UHF) hand held radios and the Galaxy 99v2 mobile 10 meter radio expanded to 11 meter (CB channels) . The Galaxy 99v2 radio has the best and most features for use as a CB radio. It also can transmit on FM for a nice pleasant to the ears clear static free communications !
Sounds like GMRS will soon be automatically tracked. Right now it can be done manually but if it passes legislation, you will be tracked automatically. Definitely not good for shtf situation
yes and a hand held dual band (VHF / UHF) two way radio. If you get stuck in a city or town during a survival situation with many buildings there you need to switch your radio to the UHF mode so you will be able to transmit through the floors the the buildings, etc.
I’m just getting back to CB after a long absence. When I started they had licenses, and call signs. 1973. I plan on my GMRS and Ham tickets, but setting up a shack for prepping, gets expensive for us on fixed incomes.
Just ordered a cobra 29 classic today I got mine just for shtf. I have walkie talkie as well. I feel like cell phones could fail some day. I use to have one back in the 90s. I was surprised they still made them.
I remember the 70s too and had a CB in my car when I was in college as did my college friends. A good back up for emergencies to keep in contact with friends, neighbors, family and local law enforcement. Thanks for a good video. Take care now.
It's a good idea to keep a spare CB rig (and other electronics) secured in any kind of faraday cage in case of an EMP and primary equipment gets fried.
@@commiesarehorrible7622 Cobra, Midland, Uniden & Galaxy are the go to's for CB radios. The most important thing though is a properly tuned antenna. Many cobra 29s have been fried because of a poor antenna setup. Also a newcomer to the states is an eastern European brand known as President with their DIN size (head unit / stereo size) & ultra compact models which offroad drivers and boondockers appreciate.
Cbs are good because you can just give them to people. Want a convoy, go hiking, anything. No test no license, just pick it up and turn to channel whatever
Good stuff as always! I'm a ham General licensee, and I do love all things RF. Naturally, I thought I would dip my toes in the water! Also, great explanation of SSB!
I've had CB radios for most of my life, since I was a teenager, then I got into trucking and I had a very god CB radios. And I had extra power to it so I could talk further, I could talk up to 20 or more miles .
GMRS is the next CB radio. Quiet, clear, much more power (up to 50 watts), more distance, can use repeaters. Compatible with all the FRS walkie-talkies.
Back in the 70's I was stationed on Guam. Had a car CB (4 watts) set up as a base station with an outdoor antenna I think was called a Star Gazer. When the skip rolled in at night I could sometimes talk to Hawaii (4,000 miles) and on a rare night, I could reach California (over 7,000 miles). Looking at getting back into it for SHTF. And just to have a little fun. I have a mess of RG6 left over from when I wired my new home (on 29 wooded acres) for Cable TV. Will RG6 work for connecting a base station to an outdoor antenna?
I'd like to have a CB radio in my house, & gather I'll need a good car battery to power it. I have 2 battery chargers to keep it charged. Question is, how do I hook the CB safely to the battery? I want to do this right. It's just me, no help & I'm getting on in years, but very capable. Any clear & simple directions would sure be appreciated. I'd love to have a HAM radio, but am renting a room & an antenna isn't possible here, but that's going to change soon. Thanks 😃
If the grid ever goes down there will be so many people on the cb radio you will have to run some serious power just to be able to talk. And that's a fact.
The fiberglass antennas definitely work especially if you are in an area where your installation is close to wires that if it feel onto them the safety factor is good, but a metal antenna is much better than fiberglass but they shouldn’t be installed near electrical wires that it could come into contact with.
Thanks for sharing great video and you have really a nice CB radio. I had in mind to buy me a CB myself and i would like to have a base station. But i need to have the antenna on my balcony and the problem will be to draw the cable from the antenna in to my apartment. And i´m lucky that i live on the top floor so i will have a decent range i guess.
Here's an idea for you , we got away from CB's along time ago, an switched to VHF marine radios, waterproof an they have a better reach with a clearer signal, yes a little more expensive but its an option.
Some friends of mine did the same thing back in the late 80's early 90's. I wasn't up on commo really other than the PRC-77 in the military in the 80's, but I was surprised at how far clearly a simple 5 watt marine hand held could talk in the hills in northern Wisconsin. It was pretty common to reach out 8 to 12 miles with a hand held and the 25 watt base type radios would do 25 or more miles as long as you weren't deep in a valley. We liked it because you were all alone out there on the airwaves, but it is illegal to use them on land, so now we're using the GMRS radios which we like as well, but you're not alone at all. One thing to consider, is talking too far. We didn't want to have to transmit any further than needed. No sense having everyone within 10 miles listening in to a conversation between two people who are 2 miles apart, so being able to switch from high of 5 watts, to low of 1 watt, was pretty handy and helped with battery life. Keep up the great work.
@@wjf213 yeah we've been using them since the early 80's to for hunting actually in the swamps of Fla. An they work good for our purpose's, but we also use them for fishing on the ocean to, an yes I also remember the PRC- 77, To bad we DIDNT have cell phones back then, most guys I knew hated toteing them, unless they were vehicle mounted.
Not to rain on this parade, but except for marine use (the Fla swamps may qualify :) , I think VHF marine freqs aren't legal to use inland if not talking with boaters on nearby waters. MURS freqs would be a better legal/non-license choice for VHF. All that said, CB capability is a must for the comms toolbox, and fun to listen to if the other bands are quiet :)
@@truck57us our swamps generally turn into freshwater water ways that invariably lead to salt water which leads to the ocean, so you were right about Fla, an we can literally take a boat all the way across Fla from the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico
Smokey and the bandit song was " east bound and down" sung by jerry Reed. Cool song. ( I have the CD) . I still have my cobra CB radio. That's still in storage since the late 80's . I wonder if it still works. That would be cool to hook it up to work at my house too.Thanks enjoyed as always.
While i agree with you one caviet i have is to ALWAYS research the specific radio before you buy it. A lot of them are cheaply made using knockoff or low quality parts for mass production and tend to fail quickly. I use a CB daily for my job and i know cobras are notorious for how all over the place their quality is depending on model source of materials and factory they are produced at. Ive had some that could likely survive the apocalypse including EMPs and acts of an angry and likely druken god. Ive had others that id be scared to run within a mile of an electric toothbrush for fear theybwould burst into flames from how poorly shielded and put together they are. That said i would also recomend one that you can ajust your microphones gain on. Makes it much easier to be heard if you can dial in your own volume.
Ussb/lssb is nice but that uniden is locked to factory freq. Need to get a freq counter so you can tune by digit but still in band just more options open up. My mobile rig will hit about 40 mile bare foot my base can hit about 50-60 bare foot on transit, both receive 100+. I wont get into my directional & kicker set up ;) on a good night of ssb I can hit Canada, Mexico, Cuba no problem bare foot from my base well over 100 miles
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We are in Pahrump Nevada,5 yrs now , from Rochester New York lol .... can we put a repeater up on Mount Charleston so we can contact Las Vegas since we're in such deep valleys ? is that a viable option with Side band cb radio? Also, can we be part of your Group?
there are no CB repeaters but there are multiple ham repeaters that go from here into Vegas up on Mt Charleston. Moved here from NYC years ago myself. Shoot me an email from my profile page and i can give you more info on repeaters
Hey man I love your channel! Great stuff. I'm a cb radio fan! I was thinking about putting a 102in steel whip antenna on my house as a base antenna as I have a very small workman antenna on there now but it really sucks! I was thinking with the 102 whip and grounding the antenna might help me get out at least further locally. Also you if you haven't already you should do a short video on the DXing or Skip When the condition are right and you can make contacts from states away just with a barefoot radio. Thank you for the great content.
My CB Radio burnt out. I plan to replace it and add a few GRSM Radios to replace mine that died. In addition to my HAM & Marine Radios. 73's KxxxxM. Best
Great explanation. CB got me into ham also. Was looking at this rig a while back for the fun of it in my van. Maybe throw a couple ground radials on your antenna? Bet it would boom if ya did...Miss SSB on the DX 959 I had, what a blast, and a Wilson 1000 mag mount antenna, killer combo...highly suggest for anyone that hasn't tried CB to grab one and give it a shot, you might really enjoy having it and never know when you'll really need it. P.s. watch Craigslist too..
Build a faraday cage out of chicken wire have it so that you can go inside it with the radio have the antenna outside the faraday cage you should be good
@@Iridium242 you may want to look into buying the Galaxy 99v2 radio 10 meter. It can be expanded to 11 meter (CB) also. It can also transmit on the clear static-free FM. This new radio is in big demand and not easy to find. I am on a waiting list to buy one.
@@Iridium242 I think they're just being "funny" since the People's Banana Republic of Kaliforniastan bans anything fun and legal. I couldn't find anything on the internets about it.
Almost every evening, my friend, who lives six miles away, and I talk on our CB base stations. We both have President McKinley SSB/AM radios. When the skip is rolling, during certain weather conditions, we can listen to other stations from hundreds of miles away. His antenna is 45 feet in height, while my antenna is 54 feet in height. Antenna height is what made the difference between sketchy communications between our base stations and clear communication. We have talked to other CB base stations that are thirty miles away. Our CB radios are powered by 12 volt battereis, kept charged by trickle chargers plugged into the wall outlet. They work even when the power is out. It's a fun way for two old friends to talk during the late evenings.
What voltage does your radio see because it should be at least 13.8 and my experience is with a battery it’s below that.
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I have a Galaxy base station dx2547 hooked up to an antron 99 antennas 30-foot up, rg 213 coax I can listen to the east coast I live in Oregon good 3,000-mile receiving and I can talk barefoot to Central Texas no problem.
FRS, GMRS, CB, Marine, Ham and CB all valuable mode of gaining info during a situation. I can pick up conversations on my President McKinley CB on SSB a few hundred miles out on a regular basis.
My favorite two-way radios are the Yaesu 2 meter dual-band (VHF / UHF) hand held radios and the Galaxy 99v2 mobile 10 meter radio expanded to 11 meter (CB channels) .
The Galaxy 99v2 radio has the best and most features for use as a CB radio. It also can transmit on FM for a nice pleasant to the ears clear static free communications !
Sounds like GMRS will soon be automatically tracked. Right now it can be done manually but if it passes legislation, you will be tracked automatically. Definitely not good for shtf situation
Cb radio should be in every emergency communication shack
yes and a hand held dual band (VHF / UHF) two way radio. If you get stuck in a city or town during a survival situation with many buildings there you need to switch your radio to the UHF mode so you will be able to transmit through the floors the the buildings, etc.
Yes sir. My dad use to have one in every car, especially when ems/fire could be programmed onto them. Cb is a fantastic starter option
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I’m just getting back to CB after a long absence. When I started they had licenses, and call signs. 1973. I plan on my GMRS and Ham tickets, but setting up a shack for prepping, gets expensive for us on fixed incomes.
Just ordered a cobra 29 classic today
I got mine just for shtf. I have walkie talkie as well. I feel like cell phones could fail some day. I use to have one back in the 90s. I was surprised they still made them.
I remember the 70s too and had a CB in my car when I was in college as did my college friends. A good back up for emergencies to keep in contact with friends, neighbors, family and local law enforcement. Thanks for a good video. Take care now.
It's a good idea to keep a spare CB rig (and other electronics) secured in any kind of faraday cage in case of an EMP and primary equipment gets fried.
Any difference in cb radios. I don't know if the new or older radios would be better quality.
@@commiesarehorrible7622 Cobra, Midland, Uniden & Galaxy are the go to's for CB radios. The most important thing though is a properly tuned antenna. Many cobra 29s have been fried because of a poor antenna setup. Also a newcomer to the states is an eastern European brand known as President with their DIN size (head unit / stereo size) & ultra compact models which offroad drivers and boondockers appreciate.
@@CO84trucker so how do you make sure its tuned
KBPB 4713 was my FCC issued CB license back in the mid 1970’s. Now a ham but cb was a good start and I still have a cb.
comms are important given everything going on
Cbs are good because you can just give them to people. Want a convoy, go hiking, anything. No test no license, just pick it up and turn to channel whatever
I took notes thanks a bunch
Thank you for the video on this often over looked idea.
No problem!
Well if there is a grid blackout and repeaters go out a cb radio base with a linear can be helpful
Good stuff as always! I'm a ham General licensee, and I do love all things RF. Naturally, I thought I would dip my toes in the water! Also, great explanation of SSB!
Thank you for the information. I'll look into these options📻
The best two radios that I have are a Galaxy 98 VHP and the other one is the Stryker 955 and between the two I get everything.
I've had CB radios for most of my life, since I was a teenager, then I got into trucking and I had a very god CB radios. And I had extra power to it so I could talk further, I could talk up to 20 or more miles .
I have a Uniden 520xl in my truck. Not the best but functional
They can be made pretty good talking radios.
Good video,on a topic that people are still not quite getting yet.
Hello, good video,👍,found it quite interesting, something to think about, thanks from Rotterdam, 73.
I'm looking into getting a cb for my car.
GMRS is the next CB radio. Quiet, clear, much more power (up to 50 watts), more distance, can use repeaters. Compatible with all the FRS walkie-talkies.
Yeah we even have a GMRS repeater here where I live. Now that FM has been authorized for CB use that could be interesting as well.
@David S Onassis yea, I had great memories of CB radio back in the day. Hope it keeps going. Just saying there are better options out now.
The main thing that keeps the CB very relevant is actually the low energy use for grid down situations.
Back in the 70's I was stationed on Guam. Had a car CB (4 watts) set up as a base station with an outdoor antenna I think was called a Star Gazer. When the skip rolled in at night I could sometimes talk to Hawaii (4,000 miles) and on a rare night, I could reach California (over 7,000 miles). Looking at getting back into it for SHTF. And just to have a little fun. I have a mess of RG6 left over from when I wired my new home (on 29 wooded acres) for Cable TV. Will RG6 work for connecting a base station to an outdoor antenna?
I'd like to have a CB radio in my house, & gather I'll need a good car battery to power it. I have 2 battery chargers to keep it charged. Question is, how do I hook the CB safely to the battery? I want to do this right. It's just me, no help & I'm getting on in years, but very capable. Any clear & simple directions would sure be appreciated. I'd love to have a HAM radio, but am renting a room & an antenna isn't possible here, but that's going to change soon. Thanks 😃
Look up 440 cb shop will help you out with any questions
@@440cbshop9 Thank You!
You can use a battery, but it would be a lot simpler to buy a power supply, gigaparts has them.
I Had a Corbra 29 back in the 70's
i keep my cobra 148 connected to a car batt with a stanley trickle charger.
I'm in the UK
I have the UK 27/81 40ch FM
A multi norm AM/FM
And a Alinco dr135dx SSB
Covered all the angles for this part of the world!!
Richard Millican: All you need now is a PMR radio :-)
If the grid ever goes down there will be so many people on the cb radio you will have to run some serious power just to be able to talk. And that's a fact.
Within 2 weeks most of those people will be dead so it the cb bands should be clear very quickly
Does having the antennae mounted in the fence post (assuming it's concreted in) provide grounding for it?
Antron99 😮 reminds me of when I lived on the upper west side, on Riverside drive by the park, back in the early 90's, good deal 👊🏾
The fiberglass antennas definitely work especially if you are in an area where your installation is close to wires that if it feel onto them the safety factor is good, but a metal antenna is much better than fiberglass but they shouldn’t be installed near electrical wires that it could come into contact with.
Thanks for sharing great video and you have really a nice CB radio. I had in mind to buy me a CB myself and i would like to have a base station. But i need to have the antenna on my balcony and the problem will be to draw the cable from the antenna in to my apartment. And i´m lucky that i live on the top floor so i will have a decent range i guess.
Thank you sir.
Here's an idea for you , we got away from CB's along time ago, an switched to VHF marine radios, waterproof an they have a better reach with a clearer signal, yes a little more expensive but its an option.
Some friends of mine did the same thing back in the late 80's early 90's. I wasn't up on commo really other than the PRC-77 in the military in the 80's, but I was surprised at how far clearly a simple 5 watt marine hand held could talk in the hills in northern Wisconsin.
It was pretty common to reach out 8 to 12 miles with a hand held and the 25 watt base type radios would do 25 or more miles as long as you weren't deep in a valley.
We liked it because you were all alone out there on the airwaves, but it is illegal to use them on land, so now we're using the GMRS radios which we like as well, but you're not alone at all. One thing to consider, is talking too far. We didn't want to have to transmit any further than needed.
No sense having everyone within 10 miles listening in to a conversation between two people who are 2 miles apart, so being able to switch from high of 5 watts, to low of 1 watt, was pretty handy and helped with battery life. Keep up the great work.
@@wjf213 yeah we've been using them since the early 80's to for hunting actually in the swamps of Fla. An they work good for our purpose's, but we also use them for fishing on the ocean to, an yes I also remember the PRC- 77, To bad we DIDNT have cell phones back then, most guys I knew hated toteing them, unless they were vehicle mounted.
Thanks
Not to rain on this parade, but except for marine use (the Fla swamps may qualify :) , I think VHF marine freqs aren't legal to use inland if not talking with boaters on nearby waters. MURS freqs would be a better legal/non-license choice for VHF. All that said, CB capability is a must for the comms toolbox, and fun to listen to if the other bands are quiet :)
@@truck57us our swamps generally turn into freshwater water ways that invariably lead to salt water which leads to the ocean, so you were right about Fla, an we can literally take a boat all the way across Fla from the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico
I don't want any system where I have to register but that's just me.
Smokey and the bandit song was " east bound and down" sung by jerry Reed. Cool song. ( I have the CD) . I still have my cobra CB radio. That's still in storage since the late 80's . I wonder if it still works. That would be cool to hook it up to work at my house too.Thanks enjoyed as always.
You should pull it out of cold storage and give it a whirl.
He was talking about "Convoy".
While i agree with you one caviet i have is to ALWAYS research the specific radio before you buy it. A lot of them are cheaply made using knockoff or low quality parts for mass production and tend to fail quickly.
I use a CB daily for my job and i know cobras are notorious for how all over the place their quality is depending on model source of materials and factory they are produced at. Ive had some that could likely survive the apocalypse including EMPs and acts of an angry and likely druken god. Ive had others that id be scared to run within a mile of an electric toothbrush for fear theybwould burst into flames from how poorly shielded and put together they are.
That said i would also recomend one that you can ajust your microphones gain on. Makes it much easier to be heard if you can dial in your own volume.
There’s a few of us here in Pahrump that hang out on ch 19, so I’m sending you an invite to join in with us.
12 watts peak envelope power on SSB
Do you have video that show how you setup the backup power box?
Sadly I never built it on video but I did do a video on it when it was done its here ua-cam.com/video/v5RMDPxG5Lw/v-deo.html
Ussb/lssb is nice but that uniden is locked to factory freq. Need to get a freq counter so you can tune by digit but still in band just more options open up. My mobile rig will hit about 40 mile bare foot my base can hit about 50-60 bare foot on transit, both receive 100+. I wont get into my directional & kicker set up ;) on a good night of ssb I can hit Canada, Mexico, Cuba no problem bare foot from my base well over 100 miles
another great video. Keep them comming
Great info 👍 could be a life saver 😉
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@@SavageAirguns I wonder if he talking about the moon event on August 1st to the 5th? It's when the Earth gets to shine on the dark side of the moon.
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We are in Pahrump Nevada,5 yrs now , from Rochester New York lol .... can we put a repeater up on Mount Charleston so we can contact Las Vegas since we're in such deep valleys ? is that a viable option with Side band cb radio? Also, can we be part of your Group?
there are no CB repeaters but there are multiple ham repeaters that go from here into Vegas up on Mt Charleston. Moved here from NYC years ago myself. Shoot me an email from my profile page and i can give you more info on repeaters
Hey man I love your channel! Great stuff. I'm a cb radio fan! I was thinking about putting a 102in steel whip antenna on my house as a base antenna as I have a very small workman antenna on there now but it really sucks! I was thinking with the 102 whip and grounding the antenna might help me get out at least further locally. Also you if you haven't already you should do a short video on the DXing or Skip When the condition are right and you can make contacts from states away just with a barefoot radio. Thank you for the great content.
My CB Radio burnt out. I plan to replace it and add a few GRSM Radios to replace mine that died. In addition to my HAM & Marine Radios. 73's
KxxxxM.
Best
Great explanation. CB got me into ham also. Was looking at this rig a while back for the fun of it in my van. Maybe throw a couple ground radials on your antenna? Bet it would boom if ya did...Miss SSB on the DX 959 I had, what a blast, and a Wilson 1000 mag mount antenna, killer combo...highly suggest for anyone that hasn't tried CB to grab one and give it a shot, you might really enjoy having it and never know when you'll really need it. P.s. watch Craigslist too..
When the cell towers were down for up grades we were still talking on our cb radios
Theres any way to protect the antena /cbradio
From thunder or emp
Faraday cage
Build a faraday cage out of chicken wire have it so that you can go inside it with the radio have the antenna outside the faraday cage you should be good
📡🔊👀 #1122wingnutradio standing by channel 38 (27.385LSB)
What antenna do you use for your handheld Radioshack CB radio?
Its not for transmit its a old cheap 2 meter antenna not a cb antenna
Buy new! Most second stuff has been messed with. Ebay buyers beware!
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I know so many people that can’t stand cb or ham radio they are so narrow minded
Yeah see I am a ham but I just love radio in general be it CB or FRS or GMRS, any way of communications is always better than none at all.
@@Iridium242 you may want to look into buying the Galaxy 99v2 radio 10 meter. It can be expanded to 11 meter (CB) also. It can also transmit on the clear static-free FM. This new radio is in big demand and not easy to find. I am on a waiting list to buy one.
@@unitedstatesirie7431 Yeah its actually one I have been looking at, this is just like any hobby lol you are always shopping for your next radio :)
Did you not hear that Cal fornia banned CB Radios a few months ago ?
where did you hear that?
@@Iridium242 I think they're just being "funny" since the People's Banana Republic of Kaliforniastan bans anything fun and legal. I couldn't find anything on the internets about it.
I believe it was the ham radios. They are not allowing park rangers to use them anymore. I remember reading it.